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weorn

(n.)
Grammar
weorn, (wearn?)
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an admonition (?) Hét ðá of ðam líge lifgende bearn Nabocodonossor neár æt gangan; ne forhogodon ðæt ða hálgan, siþþan hí woruldcyninges weorn gehýrdon, Exon. Th. 197, 5 ; Az. 185. Cf. warenian, warenung

corn-weal

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Dele

weal-more

Grammar
weal-more, (-u, -a).

Similar entry: wealh-more

weal-wyrt

Similar entry: wealh-wyrt

weax-æppel

(n.)
Grammar
weax-æppel, es; m.

A wax apple, a ball of wax

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A wax apple, a ball of wax Se Pater Noster mæg ána ealla gesceafta on his ðære swíðran hand on ánes weaxæpples onlícnisse geðýn and gewringan, Salm. Kmbl. p. 150, 33

weax-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
weax-berende,

bearing a wax candle

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bearing a wax candle; the word (in the form uæx biorende) glosses cerarius in the passage: Accoluthus grece, cerarius ad recitandum evangelium (cf.Acolitus is gecweden se ðe candele oððe tapor byreþ þonne mann godspell rǽt, Ælfc. C. 14; Th. ii. 348,

weax-hláf

(n.)
Grammar
weax-hláf, es; m.

A cake of wax

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A cake of wax On weaxhláfes wísan on áléd, Lchdm. ii. 46, 2. Dó ðonne weax on ðæt ele ðætte ðæt eall weorðe tó hnescum weaxhláfe, 234, 10: 82, 14

Corn-weal

(n.)
Grammar
Corn-weal, es; m.

CORNWALL ⬩ Cornubia

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CORNWALL; Cornubia Som. Ben. Lye

weax-bred

Grammar
weax-bred, <b>. I.</b>
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Wexbred abbachus, tabula pictoria, Hpt. 31, 9- 155- Add

weal-hát

Similar entry: weall-hát

weal-sáda

Similar entry: wealh-sáda

weal-word

Similar entry: wealh-word

weás-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
weás-gelimp, es; n.

What happens by chance, accident, chance

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What happens by chance, accident, chance Mid weásgelimpe fortuitu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 35

weax-bred

(n.)
Grammar
weax-bred, es; n.

a table, tablet for writing on ⬩ a table, list

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a table, tablet for writing on Ðá wrát hé gebedenum wexbrede (wæx-, Lind.) postulans pugilarem scribsit, Lk. Skt. 1, 63. Sýn gesealde from ðæm abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, ðæt is ... græf, ... weaxbreda dentur ab abbate omnia quae sunt necessaria, id

weax-candel

(n.)
Grammar
weax-candel, weax-candell, e; f.

A wax candle

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A wax candle Waexcondel funalia, cerei, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 45. Weaxcandel, 36, 26. Wexcandel cereus, 130, 16: funalia, i. candelabra, 151, 56, Genim ácmela and beolonan sǽd and weax, meng tósomne, wyrc tó weaxcandelle, and bærn, Lchdm. ii. 50, 18

weax-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weax-georn, adj.

Eager to grow (?), eating much with the desire of growing (?)

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Eager to grow (?), eating much with the desire of growing (?) Swíþe waxgeorn eart ðú (the boy) ðonne ðú ealle þingc etst ðe ðé tóforan gesette synd valde edax es, cum omnia manducas quae tibi apponuntur, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 31

Linked entry: wax-georn

weax-gescot

(n.)
Grammar
weax-gescot, es; n.

A contribution of wax,

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A contribution of wax, due to a church Swá hwæt swá witan tó ðearfe gerǽdan, hwílum weaxgescot, Wulfst. 171, 1

weax-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
weax-sealf, e; f.

A salve made of wax

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A salve made of wax Wexsealf cerotum, unguentum de cera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 41. Weaxsealf wiþ wyrme; weaxsealf; butere, pipor, hwít sealt, meng tósomne, smire mid, Lchdm. ii. 124, 11

Linked entry: weaxhláf-sealf

efen-ceaster-wearan

(n.)
Grammar
efen-ceaster-wearan, gen. ena; pl. m.

Fellow-citizens ⬩ concīves

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Fellow-citizens; concīves Efenceasterwearan ðæs heofonlícan ríces concīves regni cœlestis, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 16

æt-foran-weall

(n.)
Grammar
æt-foran-weall, es; m.

The outer wall ⬩ outworks ⬩ a bulwark before a castle ⬩ antemurale.

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The outer wall, outworks, a bulwark before a castle; antemurale